A Guide To D.I.Y Chemistry Sets
Posted by Amber Robinson at 1:30 PM on December 5, 2008
It’s a fact of life that nothing is ever as good as it was when you were a kid. Take chemistry sets. Back in the 1940s (OK, older than me), they included sodium cyanide in their kits. You know, the stuff of suicide capsules. Today, you don’t even get chemicals that go bang. Boring!
Make zine has put together a great set of photos of old chemistry sets and instructions on how to re-create them, within legal limits.
If you’re not ready to ask for suspicious-sounding chemicals at photography stores, Make also recommends a few modern kits that pass muster.
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